Catalogue of large alluvial fans in martian impact craters

Icarus

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 101-110

  Kraal, Erin R ^a,d   Asphaug, Erik ^a   Moore, Jeffery M ^b   Howard, Alan ^c   Bredt, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

climate; Geological processes; Mars; surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 39149141552     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.09.028     Document Type: Article

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